CIAO DATE: 06/2012
November 2011
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
The future of America's national security hangs in the balance. Facing a looming Thanksgiving deadline, a select bipartisan panel of 12 lawmakers is struggling to hammer out legislation that would reduce the federal deficit by more than $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. However, it remains unclear if they will succeed.
Resource link: Defense Spending, the Super Committee, and the Price of Greatness [PDF] - 1.2M